Chapter 776
Football is a sport where whoever gets into the opponent's state will lose the game.
Arsenal has not only entered into Liverpool's rhythm, Arsenal is completely surrounded by Liverpool.
In Arsenal's half, you could only see Liverpool players dribbling the ball. Lin Chen found Lokonga and kept attacking him, without giving Holding any chance to make up for the defense.
Arsenal's midfield can only rely on Martinelli and Lacazette to help defend. Saka started to receive the ball and break through more frequently in the second half, but he was only Arsenal's last offensive point. Apart from letting Saka attack, Arsenal had no other way of attack!
McAllister came on the pitch to help Gravenberch better attack in the midfield, because McAllister can not only control the ball, but also pass the ball.
Compared to Odegaard, the partnership between McAllister and Gravenberch will make Liverpool's midfield more comfortable.
Klopp wanted Gravenberch's characteristics to be fully utilized, so he sent on McAllister.
In the 57th minute of the game, Lin Chen received the ball from the middle and passed it to McAllister.
Gravenberch started to rush forward, and after receiving the pass from McAllister, he turned around and moved forward. However, this time was different from the first half. McAllister did not pass the ball when Gravenberch was sprinting forward. He waited until Gravenberch rushed to a more forward position, and then used his ability to pass the ball to him!
At this time, the Dutch midfielder can give full play to his ability to turn and explode. He no longer helps Liverpool switch from offense to defense, but instead advances Liverpool's offensive direction a lot in the frontcourt!
This instant attack immediately broke through the defense of Holding and Lokonga. Gabriel found that he suddenly had to defend against both Soboslai and Gravenberch!
But this is not the final situation that Gabriel has to face, because Lin Chen and Diaz also began to move towards Gabriel, and Liverpool instantly formed a one-man organization, four-man attack, and besieged Gabriel's offensive method!
Soboslai moved towards Ramsdale, although Soboslai was offside, the movement was intended to block the Arsenal goalkeeper's view.
Gravenberch passed the ball to Lin Chen, but at this time, because his vision was partially blocked by Soboslai, Ramsdale could not see which of the four Liverpool attackers received the pass from Gravenberch.
It was Diaz who received the ball at this time, but after receiving the ball, Diaz passed the ball forward again!
Lin Chen got rid of Gabriel, and Ramsdale finally saw Liverpool's attackers, but when he saw them, Lin Chen had already swung his leg to shoot!
If Lin Chen shoots in such a place, there is no way Ramsdale will be able to save it!
Before Gabriel even had time to stretch out his left leg, he saw Lin Chen's shot rush into his own goal!
Arsenal fans no longer have any hope of advancing to the Carabao Cup final. Klopp looked towards the stands, where sat the only assistant coach who had passed the candidate list, Carsonham, who will also be Liverpool's new assistant coach next season!
Carson Ham is happy, and so are Zabia and Kravitz!
Klopp made another substitution, this time it was Nunez who came on and Lin Chen was replaced!
Although the score was only two goals ahead, Klopp could feel that Liverpool had complete control of the situation!
Soboslai starts playing in midfield and Nunez plays center forward!
Arsenal still couldn't give themselves even a slight chance of advancing in the Carabao Cup semi-final.
Nunez, Diaz and Gakpo formed a new young forward line for Liverpool, and Gakpo assisted Diaz to score the third goal, allowing Liverpool to enter the League Cup final. Arsenal was eliminated by Liverpool!
Amid Gullit's congratulations, Scholes announced with regret that Arsenal had lost the chance to advance to this season's League Cup!
"After so many games, Arsenal still failed to reach the EFL Cup final, but their performance was also very good. Liverpool did not get eliminated like last season. They performed very well!"
Eliminating Arsenal did not make Lin Chen very happy, because it only helped Liverpool reach the final.
Now Liverpool has the opportunity to win a championship trophy, which is something Liverpool failed to accomplish last season!
In the locker room, after Klopp finished speaking, he looked at Lin Chen habitually.
If Lin Chen has something to say, Klopp will let Lin Chen communicate with the players.
Because he scored a very important goal, Gakpo had never had such an experience before, so he was chatting happily with the players around him.
But when Lin Chen stood up, Gakpo stopped talking instantly, and all the Liverpool players looked at Lin Chen, waiting for him to speak.
"The one honor I want to talk about is probably something that many players have never thought about, and that is the seven-time champion!"
When Lin Chen mentioned the seven-time champion, all the players had the same reaction, because this was a very unfamiliar title.
No one has ever won seven titles. Even in their best season, Liverpool only won six titles.
Lin Chen always felt that as an English team, as long as the EFL Cup has not been cancelled, you have the opportunity to become a seven-time champion.
No matter how well the rest of the teams play, such as Barcelona at its peak, they can only become six-time champions because there are no seven championships waiting for them to win.
But now, there are seven championships waiting for Liverpool to win!
"I don't know how difficult it is to become a seven-time champion."
"I don't care whether becoming a seven-time champion can bring me another Ballon d'Or. If any of you can perform well when becoming a seven-time champion, you can also win the Ballon d'Or. The only dream of my football career is to become a seven-time champion!"
Looking at Lin Chen's serious expression, the Liverpool players knew that their captain was not joking!
"We want to be seven-time champions!"
